Starting a new thread rather than zombifying the original.
The good Dr Thompson has been sentenced to 5 years.
Not much for me to add at this point, just providing the (hopefully) final page.
And all you cyclists be careful out there.
Just saw that. Good. What he did was the traffic equivalent of me taking a baseball bat to a small child because they were in my way.
Phew! We all know Dr. Who would never do something like that.
Seriously. Does the Tardis even HAVE brakes?
No, but for real, that’s excellent news. Glad to hear it.
It has a handbrake. No, really.
So the doctor was a former emergency room doctor. It kinda gives new meaning to “ambulance chaser.” In Soviet Russia, ambulance chases you."
:dubious: His name is “The Doctor”. It’s not an abbreviation, and he has no last name.
You’d think you’d get his name right after all these alien invasions we’ve seen him stop…
I hope that guy has a long time to think about what he did. I love to ride my bike to work, but I now live in an area with no bikelanes. People like him make me too afraid to ride.
Well, for most of the original series and part of the new one the character was listed as “Doctor Who” or “Dr Who” in the credits, and in the theatrical movies (they may not be “canon,” but they do exist), the title character’s last name really is “Who.”
If you don’t set the handbrake, the Tardis might drift off into the Middle Ages…
I’m sorry, was this thread originally about something else?
Oh, reckless driving and hurting people is bad.
If CaveMike had said “Phew! We all knew The Doctor wouldn’t…”, it wouldn’t have made much sense outside of the context of a Dr. Who discussion, surely?
I agree, witty. And don’t call me Shirley.
I’m glad he was sentenced and all but who cycles side by side on a ride? You’re just asking to get run over by someone who is rubber necking or talking on the phone or a zillion other things that distract drivers for short periods of time. Just yesterday I was looking at a building as drove along the road and in those brief seconds I had drifted slightly close to the centerline (actually the road was not as straight as I thought).
I think it might have been more fun to simply require the good doctor to ride a bike everywhere. No driving, no getting rides in others’ cars, no transit. Bike only.
Believe it or not that is sometimes safer than riding single file. If you ride on the right side of the road drivers often take that to mean it’s OK to pass by and you can get crowded right off the road or struck inadvertantly. If you occupy the center of the lane you’re much more visible and it’s a relatively small group of drivers who will intentionally plow right into you from behind.
On a narrow road or one with a lot of cars parked on the side I will stay in the center of the lane. Up in the twisty Berkeley hills you’ll see a lot of cyclists doing this (tons of blind curves). As soon as it’s safe they move over so drivers can pass.
I actually hope it’s not the last page. Unless I missed where the victims sued him in civil court for the assault.
No, reckless driving is when you’re dicking with the CD player and don’t realize you’ve drifted into the bike lane.
Slamming on you brakes in front of cyclists travelling 20-30 mph is assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder.